Our Forest School Diary 2016 – 7 March morning Bug Houses

Everybody is getting used to wearing their warm clothes on a Monday Getting ready Everybody is getting used to wearing their warm clothes on a Monday

Walking to forest school We walk in a sensible line to our Forest School

Our activity – bug houses We explore a different area to find some elder. When elder is cut more stems grow up from the cut

We set up our boundary flags. We have to stay inside them

Bug houses We pass around the elder – is there a smell, what does it feel like, is it soft or hard?

Bug houses Everybody is told how to use a potato peeler. We start taking the bark off the elder

Working as a team was important today Bug houses Working as a team was important today

Then we use a tent peg to take out the pith in the middle of the elder Bug houses Then we use a tent peg to take out the pith in the middle of the elder

We tie them all together and put them somewhere bugs might be Bug houses We tie them all together and put them somewhere bugs might be

Some great places to hide our bug houses

faces Mostly Happy faces but a few Sad faces because they did not have enough time or the team did not work well together